About Walter Dzik, MD

Dr. Dzik is Editor of Transfusion Medicine Reviews. His clinical interests are in transfusion medicine, hemostasis, and non-cancer hematology. In addition, he is devoted to mentoring the next generation of leaders in academic Transfusion Medicine.  Dr. Dzik balances his efforts among clinical care, teaching, research, and hospital administration.  In collaboration with a former Massachusetts General Hospital trainee, he recently completed an NIH-funded study of transfusion for children with profound anemia in Uganda. Dr. Dzik is a member of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health, and is a Pathology Global Health Program Research Investigator with a special interest in transfusion medicine in Uganda.  In his spare time, Dr Dzik is interested in 17th and 18th century horology as an expression of the blending of art and science.

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Mass General Pathology
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-3715
Fax: 617-726-6832

Mass General Cancer Center: Hematology Oncology
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-3715

Medical Education

  • MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency, Boston Medical Center
  • Fellowship, Boston Medical Center
  • Fellowship, National Institute of Health

American Board Certifications

  • Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine, American Board of Pathology
  • Hematology, American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

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Research

In collaboration with MGH Hematology and with other clinical divisions at MGH, the Blood Transfusion Service conducts clinical research in the disciplines of transfusion medicine, hemostasis and thrombophilia. The Blood Transfusion Service is a member of the NHLBI Clinical Trials Network in Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis.

Dr. Dzik is a founding member of the Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative. In 2002, Dr. Dzik led a large, international, multicenter BEST Study focused on blood grouping errors due to miscollected samples. A previous international study with this group focused on standardization of CD34+ cell counting during progenitor cell collections.   In 2008, he conducted a pivotal trial on universal leukoreduction. In 2016, he and his colleagues conducted a trial of oxygen delivery by stored blood.

In addition to these large clinical trials, Sunny Dzik's research interests include management of the coagulopathy of liver disease, clinical use of blood components, massive transfusion, biologic consequences of recipient exposure to allogeneic donor leukocytes, and patient safety in transfusion.

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